A
View to a KillLivermore
sensors are aimed at the "kill" vehicle when it intercepts
an incoming ballistic missile.

Biological
Research Evolves at LivermoreLivermore's
biological research program keeps pace with emerging national issues,
from studying the effects of ionizing radiation to detecting agents
of biological warfare.

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A LivermoreLos Alamos team is developing a computer simulation system
that can accurately predict wildfire behavior based on existing weather
conditions, types of vegetation, and terrain. The teams goal is
to help emergency response managers to plan for fires, anticipate where
and how quickly an existing fire will spread, and evaluate the effectiveness
of alternative firefighting strategies. With this program, fire managers
could use their limited resources much more effectively, thereby saving
lives, property, and irreplaceable resources. The program combines a physics-based
wildfire model developed at Los Alamos with the extensive emergency response
capabilities of the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center at Livermore,
including its weather prediction and smoke transport codes. The team has
been validating the program by simulating well-documented wildfires. An
early simulation successfully re-created a wildfire that occurred in Calabasas,
near Malibu, California, in 1996. A more exhaustive validation of the
programs capabilities has been to reconstruct the first half-hour
of the catastrophic 1991 fire in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California.

The Best and the
Brightest Come to Livermore

(pdf
file, 1.5MB)Livermores
prestigious Lawrence Fellowship Program recently completed its fourth
year with 15 fellows having been selected from among 1,849 applicants.
The fellows specialties run the gamut from mechanical engineering
theory to advanced microscopy, sensors, plasma physics, theoretical biology,
Monte Carlo simulations, materials science, and theoretical biophysics.
Two more fellows recently began their three-year tenure. The Lawrence
program has numerous advantages for both its fellows and the Laboratory.
Fellows enjoy a great deal of freedom in their choice of research areas.
They can pursue the latest advances in their field and be mentored by
internationally recognized senior staff scientists. Or they can choose
to do research in a new and different area where Livermore excels. The
Laboratory benefits by attracting promising young scientists from around
the world, whether they become one of the few Lawrence fellows, accept
one of the many other fellowship opportunities available at Livermore,
or become a full-time employee.

A View to a Kill

(pdf
file, 1MB)Livermore
sensors are aimed at the "kill" vehicle when it intercepts an
incoming ballistic missile.

Biological Research
Evolves at Livermore

(pdf
file, 1.5MB)Livermore's
biological research program keeps pace with emerging national issues,
from studying the effects of ionizing radiation to detecting agents of
biological warfare.